Definition of joint

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"Joint (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe..

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Rejoint :: Rejoint (v. t.) Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather..
Passegarde :: Passegarde (n.) A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.
Scarf :: Scarf (n.) In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece..
Padlock :: Padlock (n.) A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc..
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint..
Joint :: "Joint (a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond..
Disjointing :: Disjointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disjoin.
Cooperator :: Cooperator (n.) One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end.
Propodite :: Propodite (n.) The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint..
Conjoint :: Conjoint (a.) United; connected; associated.
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes..
Gouty :: Gouty (a.) Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint..
Coparcenary :: Coparcenary (n.) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance.
Linguadental :: Linguadental (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t..
Coxa :: Coxa (n.) The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.
Joint :: Joint (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
Kneepan :: Kneepan (n.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap..
Node :: Node (n.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted..
Segment :: Segment (n.) One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome..
Anarthrous :: Anarthrous (a.) Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects..
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